ISAAC SMITH Georgia Bios
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Isaac Smith was born in Chatham County, North Carolina, on
the 14th of October, 1796. Two years afterwards, his
father, Colesby Smith, whose wife was Anna Henry, removed to
Georgia, staying in Burke County for a year or two, and
afterwards removing to Washington County and settling
permanently near the old home where Isaac died… It is said
that he was much disinclined to religious thought and
reflection until within a short period before his conversion
so much so, that he was opposed to his wife’s uniting with
the church. But at length by that earnest and gentle
influence which woman only can wield and which it is vain to
resist, his wife became the instrument of changing his
thought, his life, his action. And when changed, a change
could not have been more complete. He united with the
church on the 12th day of June, 1824, and on the 6th day of
July, of the same year, was ordained to preach the gospel…
What his hand found to do he did with his might. And this
decision and promptness in action explains the fact that in
less than thirty days from his entrance into the fellowship
of the church, he had put on the whole armor of an apostle
and was doing battle valiantly in the service of which he
died, and we might say, in the service in which he lost his
life, for it was while on a visit to the church at New
Bethel, a church he so much loved and which was mainly a
fruit of his instrumentality, that he was attacked by the
disease from which he never recovered. This trait is also
illustrated by the fact which is related by those who have
lived near him all his life, that he became an effectual
preacher, and a useful minister from the day and hour he set
forth…
His marriage with Miss Assenia Brantley was blessed with
many sons and daughters. That he held the reins of family
government firmly but affectionately, is abundantly proven
by the fact that his sons and daughters without exception
are members of the church… four of his sons are ministers of
the gospel…
He died at his residence in Washington County on the 17th of
May, 1860…
Ref: HISTORY OF THE BAPTIST DENOMINATION IN GEORGIA, 1881,
Atlanta, GA, pp. 611-612.
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